In a major action weeks ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday (April 13, 2026) arrested Vinesh Chandel, a director and co-founder of political consultancy firm I-PAC, in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged coal scam in the poll-bound State.
An official said Chandel was taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Delhi late evening.
I-PAC raid: Supreme Court poses question to West Bengal CM
He is expected to be produced before a special court tonight, where the ED will seek Mr. Chandel's custodial remand for questioning.
Mr. Chandel's premises in Delhi, apart from that of another I-PAC co-founder and director, Rishi Raj Singh, in Bengaluru and that of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) communications in-charge Vijay Nair in Mumbai, were raided by the ED on April 2 as part of this investigation.
